Iridium 46 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 24905U 97043C   13138.51095023  .00000116  00000-0  34456-4 0  3778
2 24905 086.3976 158.9582 0002324 109.1763 053.2290 14.34216216824169
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 12:15:46
Eccentricity: 0.0002324
inclination: 86.3976°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.9582°
argument of perigee: 109.1763°
revolutions per day: 14.34216216
mean anomaly at epoch: 53.2290°
orbit number at epoch: 82416

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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